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Cape Town goes private to boost electricity and water supply SuperUser Account / Friday, February 6, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating Cape Town will call for tenders to implement several major projects that aim at cutting electricity costs and bolstering water security in South Africa’s second-biggest city and main tourist hub. The municipality will this month begin the process of engaging an electricity trading company to provide it with additional power, Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said. Later in the year, it will ask private companies to bid on multibillion-rand desalination and water re-usage plants, he added. The steps come as Cape Town, South Africa’s only major metropolitan area to be ruled solely by the Democratic Alliance political party, tries to boost its attractiveness to businesses and cater for a rapidly expanding population. The city of about 5-million people has been the first to seek to break the monopoly held by power utility Eskom, and is pushing to take over commuter-rail services from a national state company. Read more
South Africa and China sign trade and investment framework agreement SuperUser Account / Friday, February 6, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating South Africa and China have signed a framework trade and investment agreement aimed at providing duty-free access to the Chinese market to more South African products and facilitating Chinese investment into South Africa. The China-Africa Economic Partnership Agreement (CAEPA) was signed in Beijing, China, on February 6 by South Africa’s Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau and his counterpart from the People’s Republic of China, Minister Wang Wentao. Read more
Growthpoint sells shares in Discovery head office as it rebalances its portfolio SuperUser Account / Friday, February 6, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating JSE-listed real estate investment trust Growthpoint Properties will sell its 55% share in the 50 466 m² Discovery Phase 1 building to financial services firm Discovery for R2.31-billion. The building serves as Discovery's head office. The transaction reduces Growthpoint's office exposure in Gauteng and Sandton and contributes to a reduction in single-tenant asset concentration within this node. Read more
South Africa takes step towards trade deal with China SuperUser Account / Friday, February 6, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating South Africa said on Friday that its trade minister had signed a framework economic partnership agreement on a visit to China, which it described as a step towards securing duty-free access to the Chinese market for South African exports. Africa's biggest economy is seeking to boost exports amid a tariff row with the United States, its second-largest bilateral trading partner after China. Read more
Water consumption in Gauteng declines from levels seen last week SuperUser Account / Friday, February 6, 2026 0 4 Article rating: No rating There has been a significant reduction in water use across Gauteng’s metropolitans, the latest data from water utility Rand Water shows. Combined, the cities of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane are consuming 3 549-million litres of water a day, down from the 3 744-million litres a day recorded last week, but still above the aggregate withdrawal limit of 3 045-million litres of water a day. Read more